St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
COLUMBzA,s PROTEST.

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is beautifully engraved, and was considered
| by the curriers' as very desirable prize.
COLUNIBEA'S PROTEST.
A Vigorous Kick to the Carnival
Management over the Award for
Prize Floats.
A good deal of feeling was manifested
yesterday on the part of the Columbia
Snowshoe club and its friends over the
award of the prizes for floats. Strong
statements as to the methods by which the
prizes were awarded were heard frequently,
and some of the club members were very
bitter. A formal protest, copy of which
appears below, was drawn up and for
warded to the carnival management. 1t
read:
Gentlemen: The Columbia Snow Shoe
club of st. Paul hereby tenders its protest
against the action of the judges named by
your association, awarding to the Columbia
Snow Shoe float the third prize in the COM
petition for floats OH Friday, Jan. %. On
the following grounds:
First-The official programmes of the
association. one entitled st. Paul Ice Pal
ace and Winter Carnival Programme of Fes-
! tivities," issued by George Thompson. sec
rotary, and the other entitled THE Official
Programme" promulgated by j. Ii. Han
son, among other things announced: Fri
day, Jan. 2S, 3 p. M, immense parade of
all clubs and competitive display of mag
niticent floats. prizes $780," etc. This is
the only announcement made in any Of the
programmes of the carnival association of
competitive display of floats, and the asso-
nj bac evil
which could be construed into condition
that any float exhibited in the procession
of Friday last would be handicapped be-
cause it had not appeared in the former
displays of the association.
SecOnd-0n Monday, Jan. IL, the Column
bia Snow Shoe club. in order to further the
success of the carnival. decided to construct
a float for the parade of Jan. 2S, and made
the necessary order to carry this decision
into effect, and on the following morning
the construction of the float was COM
meneed, After the work had been begun,
a doubt arose as to the eligibility of the
float to compete for the prize. provided it
did not appear in the procession of Jan. 10.
and a committee of our club communicated
with your president, Mr.. MaXtield. and
was assured that, if the Columbia club
would submit design of the float to the
that the float was not in line Jan. 10 would
not weigh against it in the competition set
for Jan. %. In accordance with such as
surance, the design Of the Columbia float
was presented at your headquarters before
the time named by your president, and has
ever since remained in the possession of j.
ID. Hanson, your assistant secretary. Re-
lying on such assurances, the float was pre-
pared and appeared in the procession at the
time advertised by you for the "Competi-
tive Display for Magnificent Floats"
Third-N otwithStandin the assurance Of
your association, and of the fact that YOU
advertised no other time than Jan.2S for the
competitive float display. nor imposed any
condition, we understand from two of the
| judges appointed by your association to
judge and award the prizes for floats that,
shortly before the competition commenced.
such judges were instructed by your aSSoci-
alton, in making their awards to disregard
the Columbia float, for the reason that it
had not appeared in previous parades. The
Columbia club has also been informed by
member Of the Windsor club that the asso-
citation, before the competition commenced,
assured the Windsor club that the Column
| bia float would not be regarded in awarding
| the prizes
Fourth-At least two of the Judges We're
| in favor of awarding to the Columbia float
the first prize, but were deferred from so
| doing on account of their instructions from
| the Carnival aSSociat ion.s
Assuming the above statements are facts,
| the Columbia club complains that it has not
| been fairly treated by your association. The
| chief object of its formation was TO assist
| your association in making the winter car
| nival a success and we have taken great
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fleet credit upon your association and our
city of st. Paul. We take pardonable
| pride in aiming to be first in all things
which concern the carnival. and our float
was constructed in furtherance of this de-
sign. If We were entitled to compete at all
| in the parade Of Friday. we ought to have
| been permitted to have done SO on an even
footing with other clubs. If we were not
eligible, we should have been so informed
by your association. The Columbia club is
| prepared to substantiate all of the state
ments made in this communication, and
stand ready to meet your association at any
time in this behalf.
Dated Jan. 90, 1887.
The COLUMBIA Snow SHOE CLUB.
c. h. FAUNTLERoY, Secretary.
WHAT PRESIDENT MAXFIELD SAYS.
President MaXfield was seen at his resi-
dence on Exchange street last night. and
the general tenor of the above protest was
| given him by a GLOBE reporter.
1.-THE whole status of the business is this ~
| said Mr.. Maxfleld. ION Tuesday q delegation
| of the Columbia club came TO me and said
| that they wished to enter for the prize and
said they would submit the plans Of their float
| at O'Clock the next morning. / told them
if they would do that they could enter for the
prize, provi ding they did not see the Windsor
or other floats before submitting their plans.
| l was at the place agreed upon at the ap-
pointed hour, and waited an hour longer but
the plans were not submitted. / left head
| quarters at 10 O'Clock in the MORN
ing, and not until the prizes wers
awarded. was 1 Informed of the fact that the
Columbus appeared at headquarters about
IL o'clock, and submitted the general plan of
their float l received no notification to that
effect from either the committee or the assist
ant secretary. | took the preca ution on
Thursday, the goth, to speak to Captain Al
len, of the Columbias, on the subject and to
tell him l didn't think his club could enter for
the prizes. He said, "All right; we will
make display anyhow /, my self, am a
member of the club. l esteem them very
highly, and have many personal friends
amongst its members. In view of these facts
it is unlikely that / would show any favorit-
ism in the matter. How sincerely I regret
that any misunderstanding in regard to the
matter has arisen will never be known. dc
regret it and most sincerely.
CHiLDRsN,s DAY.
Thousands of Little Folks Paw a
A. Farewell Visit TO carnival ark.
IS The Second children's day of the carnival
4 WAS great holiday fete for the little folks.
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